Games like Stars in Shadow
by Ashdar Games
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
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$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
$39.99MENACE
Feb 5 · Overhype Studios
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 12,304
$39.99Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Apr 30 · Unfrozen
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Tactics
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerGrand StrategySimulation4XTacticalTurn-Based TacticsWar👍 19,290
-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064
-20%$18.39Space Imperia 4X
Jul 28 · Breich Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
A faithful digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game Space Empires 4X by GMT Games, beloved by wargamers for almost two decades. Command the rise of your civilization and the fall of others, all in one to two hours.
Turn-Based TacticsWargamePvPBoard GameTabletopTurn-Based Strategy4XStrategy2DTurn-Based Combat
-50%$24.99ENDLESS Legend™ 2
4 days ago · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
StrategySimulationGrand Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerHistoricalWarTacticalManagement👍 2,699
$29.99Heroes of Science and Fiction
Mar 17 · Oxymoron Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
StrategySimulationRPGMultiplayerTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyFantasyTacticalWar4X👍 852
$24.99Quasimorph
Jul 31 · Magnum Scriptum
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
RPGTurn-Based CombatStrategyTurn-Based StrategySingleplayerChoices MatterRoguelikeExtraction ShooterTranshumanismTurn-Based👍 7,207
-10%$17.99Infinity: HexaDome Tactics
11 days ago · Blindspot Games
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
Discover the story of the Aristeia world in single-player or storm into PvP battles! Turn-based battles, 12 heroes, varied arenas, deckbuilding with dozens of tactical cards. Assemble the perfect team, use hundreds of insane combos, and become HexaDome champion. And bring a friend!
Turn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyActionCard GameVisual NovelTacticalMultiplayerTurn-Based Combat
$14.99DAICE
Jul 16 · Aeterna Ludi
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat · Space
DAICE is a unique merge of turn-based dice-powered combat with inventory management, a roguelite where you control an evergrowing AI Core. Purchase and pilot unique spaceships, load your dice into weapons and systems, and unleash devastating combos and shape your own strategy-driven story.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatSpaceTacticalRoguelikeTurn-Based TacticsSci-fiInventory Management2D
-25%$9.74Dead Weight
Jul 16 · Klukva Games
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.
Turn-Based CombatStrategyRPGReplay ValuePixel GraphicsTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRoguelikeAdventure👍 583
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Oct 9 · Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
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$14.99The Conquest of Go
Dec 10 · Wolfey Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
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Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Turn-Based Tactics
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
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$11.99Conjurers
Jul 28 · Carl Treadway
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat
Defeat the Conjurers. Take their constellations. Conquer the Zodiac. A classic turn-based tactics game where deckbuilding lets players summon Zodiac creatures and hybrids, then steal new constellations by defeating rival Conjurers. Will you become powerful enough to face the Immortal Aquarius?
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$4.99Medieval Squad Tactics
3 days ago · Son Tactics
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat
This game is focused on turn based tactical combats. The complexity of the game comes from having to carefully manage your various formations in order to defeat your enemies. Carefully plan your actions to win the battle.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics2DTop-DownMedievalTurn-Based CombatEarly AccessSingleplayer
$9.99Gods of Sand
Apr 14 · Achenar Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat
Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.
Turn-BasedManagementRomePixel GraphicsStrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatIndieSimulation👍 721
$19.99Hyperspace Deck Command
Oct 7 · Sleeper Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Sci-fi · Space
Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameRoguelikeDeckbuildingDifficultTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteSci-fiSpaceColorful
$14.99Deified
Apr 27 · Unexpected
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.
StrategyRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyDungeon CrawlerRogueliteTactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics3DIsometricStylized👍 281
$12.99Never Second in Rome
May 5 · Alessandro Roberti
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Combat
Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You are a Roman centurion in the army of Julius Caesar. You will control both your character and the unit under his command.
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$19.99The Last Starship
Feb 3 · Introversion Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
StrategySandboxSpaceSimulationSingleplayerBase BuildingSci-fiSpace SimBuildingMining👍 1,625
$19.99Fogpiercer
Jul 17 · Mad Cookies Studio
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
StrategyRoguelikeCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard BattlerRogueliteDifficult2D👍 614
$17.99Microcivilization
Jan 22 · Ondrej Homola
Both: 4X
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
IncrementalBase BuildingResource Management4XHistoricalStrategyAutomationInventory ManagementCity BuilderGod Game👍 1,437
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2 days ago · Darren Huai
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
Settle a kingdom, roll for resources, and build an army with real chess movesets on a hex battlefield. ChessTan fuses Catan-style economy with chess-style combat for 2-4 players — outbuild your rivals, then checkmate the last Nexus standing. Play locally, online with friends, or through Steam.
StrategyBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics2DMultiplayerSingleplayerFree to PlayPvP
New-20%$2.39ROGUELIKE CARD GAME:BUSINESS EMPIRE
Yesterday · COO Studio
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
"Roguelike Card Game: Business Empire" combines roguelike with card strategy. Choose your character, build your industrial park from scratch using cards, experience multiple victory paths, and compete on the global leaderboard.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteCard GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopRoguelikeStrategy2DColorfulTactical
$17.99Angels Fall First
Jul 11 · Strangely Interactive Ltd
Both: Sci-fi · Space
From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ever loved in a rich science fiction setting. Boarding, pilotable capital ships, deep weapon customization and full Bot support included!
ActionFPSIndieMultiplayerSci-fiSpaceSimulationFirst-PersonSingleplayerTactical👍 3,834
$8.99Graphite
Jul 27 · RipRed
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy
Unleash your creativity as a kid’s drawings spring to life in this thrilling roguelike RPG. Build your party, navigate a dynamic timeline, and shape your fate through notebook scenarios that test your team in a world where the heroes don’t know they’re imaginary.
RoguelikeRPGTactical RPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyStrategyStory RichPsychologicalEmotional
$19.99Super Fantasy Kingdom
Oct 24 · Super Fantasy Games
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
StrategyRoguelikeRogueliteFantasyRPGCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard Battler👍 5,630
FreeStarship Theory
May 31 · Reconnect Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Base BuildingSimulationStrategySpaceIndieSurvivalManagement2DSci-fiCasual👍 933
$19.99Ascend From Nine Mountains
Oct 1 · Nine Ascension Studios
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based Tactics
Craft mythical treasures. Perfect your stance. Shatter your limits. Ascend from Nine Mountains is a cultivation RPG where deep crafting, tactical combat, and meaningful relationships intertwine. Your choices carve the way from mortal obscurity to legend.
XianxiaCraftingAuto BattlerWuxiaTurn-Based CombatTactical RPGLore-RichMartial ArtsTurn-Based TacticsModdable👍 327
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Aug 27 · V Universe
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
A Turn based RPG with a focus on team building and character development. Explore the Fractured Universe, and what life would be like if the multiverse was destroyed. Featured various art styles and aesthetics.
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Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based
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$19.99SpaceBourne 2
Nov 18 · Burak Dabak
Both: Space
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
RPGSpace SimFlightBase Building3DOpen WorldFirst-PersonThird PersonLore-RichSpace👍 4,952
$1.50Pixmox
Jun 15 · RiseMinnow
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat
Match gems. Train monsters. Defeat bosses. Dive into a purely tactical Match-3 puzzle where every move matters. Capture unique beasts, evolve their abilities, and adapt your team to an ever-evolving gameplay loop that constantly tests your strategy.
PuzzleCreature CollectorTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatStrategyTacticalPvEPixel GraphicsCuteCasual
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3 days ago · Nine Circles Corporation
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat
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RPGJRPGStrategy RPGTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatText-Based2D1990'sPixel GraphicsEmotional
$22.99Cross Blitz
Nov 24 · Tako Boy Studios LLC
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!
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Feb 4 · Azure Flame Studio, 苍火游戏小组
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat
This is a turn-based strategy game. You'll assume the role of the Special Investigations Division Chief at the Bureau of Crisis Response (BCR), leading agents deep into Bleak Mountains City, a metropolis steeped in retro 1980s charm, to investigate and contain various supernatural “Visions”.
Turn-Based TacticsStrategyTurn-Based CombatStrategy RPGRPGTactical RPGSimulationStory RichBoard GameCRPG
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Mar 17 · Venris, Evil Gingerbread Studio
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
CultRoguelikeDark FantasyTurn-Based CombatRogueliteAdventureStrategy RPGAtmosphericLovecraftianDungeon Crawler👍 226
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Dec 18 · illuCalab, FLIPFLOPs, quziralab.
Both: Turn-Based Tactics
The great emperor's untimely death... Seven princesses are candidates for his succession! Who will save the empire from chaos? An online deck-growing card game where you grow your deck and fight for the Princess.
DeckbuildingCard GameBoard GameStrategyIndieTabletopCard BattlerCuteTurn-Based TacticsFantasy👍 412
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Space
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
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3 days ago · Project Dragon
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
A character-driven Three Kingdoms strategy game. Recruit legendary officers, build your realm, and command real-time battles through preparation, tactics, and decisive intervention. Shape Guandu, Red Cliffs, and the anti-hegemon war, challenge Duel Mode, and climb global rankings.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyManagementMilitaryWarSingleplayerEarly Access
$11.99Ashes of Morgravia
Jun 22 · background blur.
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based Tactics
Ashes of Morgravia is a dark fantasy tactical deckbuilder where you move, strike, and adapt using dual decks to survive against necrotic horrors. Uncover lost divine secrets and fight for survival in a world swallowed by eternal night.
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May 24 · Jericho Studios
Both: Turn-Based Tactics
Condemned by the Reditus remnant to a vast desert prison, a father and son journey into the corrupted Heremus. Recruit robots, harness their cores, upgrade your gear, and fight to survive against relentless Reditus drones and twisted beasts in this story-driven 2.5D JRPG.
Turn-Based TacticsJRPGCharacter CustomizationRPG2.5DText-BasedCyberpunkDark HumorLore-RichMechs
$7.99Arcadium - Space Odyssey
Jan 26 · Luciano Bercini
Both: Space
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
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$3.99魔王学园
Jan 22 · 小闲
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
This is a FE-like game. To defend against human forces, you will assemble monster girls. Training them, get powerful equipments and skills... In short, it features a wealth of character development elements. Every decision players make will influence the outcome of the entire game!
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$9.99Submission Saga: The Jiu Jitsu RPG
4 days ago · Nate Markham
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat
The first comprehensive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu RPG. A top-down pixel jiu jitsu game combining turn-based grappling with Pokémon-style exploration. White belt to black belt. Train at the gym, run businesses, and brawl street thugs. Win the world championships. Compete in ranked online matches.
AdventureMartial ArtsSportsTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGTurn-Based CombatExplorationPvP
$24.99Space Haven
May 13 · Bugbyte Ltd.
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
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$14.99Die in the Dungeon
May 1 · ATICO
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
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$9.99Wrath and Retribution
Apr 2 · Mad Vulture Games
Both: Space
Become an unstoppable force in this intense high-speed space combat roguelike. Master the Specter Drive’s displacement dash, build a devastating arsenal with your companion Merlin, and grow more lethal with every mission as you spearhead the counter attack across a solar system under siege.
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$20.99Beast Saga
Apr 29 · 嘉兴黑曜石(Jiaxing Obsidian)
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.
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